The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-03-19
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.

MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.
The Catholic Building and Loan asso
citation will meet this evening at Win
dom hall.
If you want first-class coal and wood
call on John Norton, room IL, Temple
Court. Telephone 314-2.
Mark Paine, E. w. Wilson and j. M.
Paine are the incorporatOrs of the Mark
Paine Lumber Company.
G. L. Barry, contractor and builder.
Stone and brick speciality. 725 Uni
yersity avenue northeast.
The construction of the Lake street
bridge is an uncertainty. In all prob
ability it will ''drop through"
The street railway company have used
this winter over 800 tons of salt in re-
moving ice from their tracks.
Mrs. Josephene Brewer, of Minneap-
oils, has been appointed notary public,
the first lady under the new law.
The Minneapolis Gas Light Company
betrayed the funeral expenses of the
victims of the late unfortunate dis
aster.
Failure to correct proof in our James
vile correspondence caused errors of
an uncalled for and unnecessary
nature last week.
Officers Fisher aud Hoban have been
made mounted officers, and Officer Hall
will be put on the mounted squad in
the near future.
James Baker and Samuel DeHaven
will build a 6ve-story business block on
the H. T. Wells property on First ave-
nue. north, to cost $70,OO
The committee Of seven appointed
from the Immaculate Conception Be-
nevolcnt society will meet at the Office
of THE IRISH STANDARD tomorrow
Sunday at2p, m.
Get your next fire insurance policy
from T. w. McGrath, room II, Temple
Court, ground floor, Washington ave-
nue. entrance. Best rates in the city
First-class companies.
The jury in the gas explosion inquest
brought in a non-committal verdict to
the effect that the victims met their
death by an explosion of gas. Nobody
was blamed for the accident.
S. H. Van Cleve was Tuesday ap-
pointed guardian of Johnny Mcclure,
who had both his legs cut off by Mil
waukee train last September, and he
will sue the road for $50, 900 damages.
P. B. Carroll, of South Minneapolis,
who has been ai]ing for some time with
kidney troubles, is again out on our
streets, though somewhat weak. Mr..
Carroll's many friends will rejoice in
his improved condition.
Later estimates of the loss caused by
the collapse Of G. A. Pillsbury & Co.'s
East Side flour warehouse put the loss
at $4,000. A large number of centrif-
ugal reels, destined for the Anchor
mill, were broken to pieces.
The Council at its regular meeting
Monday evening elected the following
gentlemen to the new board of police
commissioners: Capt. Michael Hoy and
Thomas B. Janney, Democrats; John
Baxter and Geo. S. Baker, Republicans.
Patrick Kennedy, of 1922 Third
street northeast. has sold his farm of
leo acres on University avenue to Mr..
Austin for $4,000. MIR. Kennedy has
battled for many a year under the ban
ner of honest toll on the East Side. He
will now purchase whip to encourage
the "old gray mule" with.
The body of Geo. Ryan, the fireman
who was killed in the collision on the
Northern Pacific road at Wheatland.
OAK, on Saturday, was taken to his
old home at Watertown, Wis.,, Monday,
accompanied by his brother j. G. Ryan,
of st. Paul, Conductors Flanagan and
Bole, and Engineer Gallagher.
VIM. McArdle, who represented this
city so we'll in the last legislature, has
a large number of friends in all parts
of the Third ward who wonld like to
see him become candidate or alder
man in the coming election. Mr.. Nc
Ardle is Democrat, good citizen.
and his record as legislator is some
thing he may we'll feel proud of. He
would make faithful member of the
City Council.
A council ordinance was introduced
Monday NIGHT allowing the riph IF tho